A/N Back! In! Time!

Time for friends

"Oh yeah very interesting." Ralph says as excitedly as he can manage, trying not to sound bored. Eggman nods.
"Yes very. So please send Joshua over as soon as possible." He says. Ralph nods his head.
"I'll be sure to do that."

Sugar Rush

Josh and Vanellope sit on top of the highest tree in the forest. Hand in hand they spin around the branch as fast as they can, seeing who will let go, and chicken out first. Josh struggles, trying to keep his lunch down. Vanellope however handles the spinning with ease. "Yeah. No. I'm done." Josh says. Vanellope tightens her grip on Josh's hand, making sure he doesn't let go. He squeezes his legs on the branch, slowing the both down, and stopping on top.

"Sheesh. Wimp." Vanellope says shaking her head. Josh chuckles.
"And I'm okay with that." He says.
"What do you wanna do now?" Josh looks around the land. His smile slowly vanishes. Vanellope watches as he looks around. She tilts her head.
"You okay?" Josh looks at her and nods.
"Yeah...it's just...sometimes I wonder what my life would be like if my game never got unplugged." He says. Vanellope nods her head and starts thinking as well. "I mean Sarah, Reginald, Lampart...even Billy. They would still be here."

Josh looks down at the ground. "Sometimes I wish I could go back and change it. Stop the bandits, save my friends. All of that."
"I know. At times I wish I could go back and stop Turbo from taking over my game" Vanellope says. Josh looks at her. "But then I think about what would happen if he didn't. Ralph wouldn't have had the chance to save my game, he would still be considered a bad guy, I'd be all princessy, I wouldn't have been in game central when you got stuck in your tunnel." Josh tilts his head.
"Why not?"

"I was on my way to visit Ralph, when I saw you beating yourself against the barrier. If Turbo hadn't taken over my game, I would't have had to steal Ralph's medal, which means we wouldn't have become friends, which means I wouldn't have been there to save you." Josh smiles.
"Well I'm glad Turbo took over your game then." He says. Vanellope smiles and wraps her arm around him. Josh does the same. The two look over the land, watching the cotton candy clouds, the chocolate birds, the occasional roar of an engine from the racers driving by.

Vanellope places her head on Josh's shoulder and closes her eyes. Josh lays his head on hers. He reaches into his shirt and pulls out his necklace. Not his, but Sarah's from his game. He takes it off and frowns. Raising his arm, he prepares to throw it, but something stops him. He sighs and puts it back on. Ralph walks to the bottom of the tree the two ate sitting on. He looks up at them. "Josh! Eggman needs to see you!" Ralph yells. Josh and Vanellope look down.
"He's busy!" Vanellope yells squeezing Josh's arm.

Ralph crosses his arms. "Eggman wants to see him. Something about an experiment. He said Josh would wanna do this." Josh raises an eyebrow. "He said he NEEDS to see you." Josh shrugs.
"Sorry Sweet pea. Doctors orders." Josh says letting go of her and jumping down.
"Fine! I didn't wanna hang out anyways." Vanellope yells as Josh runs towards game central.

Eggman's lab

Eggman opens the door, allowing Josh to walk in. "Hello Joshua. It's good to see you." Josh nods his head and jumps onto Eggman's spiny chair.
"So what's up doc?" Eggman walks over to one of his many computers. He types something and presses enter. A couple panels open in the middle of the floor. A podium raises out of the hole. Josh wheels forward, next to the podium.

A small black box sits on the podium. Eggman walks over and opens it, revealing a blue digital wrist watch. He takes it and hands it to Josh. "You called me here to show me a watch?"
"Well yes and no. It is not an average watch. Well it can function as an average watch, but it can do much greater things." Josh puts it on and tightens it.
"Like what? Does it have a built in laser?"
"No. It allows you to open a worm hole of sorts. Sending to you to any point in time you choose." Josh looks up from the watch.

"Travel through time? What are you going to do with it?"
"Nothing. I'm giving this to you." Josh turns the watch on his wrist. He looks back at Eggman.
"Why do this for me?"
"Ralph has told our bad-anon group what happened to your game. This will allow you to travel back to a time your game was still plugged in...and stop it from happening." Josh jumps up from the chair.

"How do I use this thing?" He asks with some clear urgency in his voice. Eggman places his hand over the watch. Josh looks up at him.
"I will teach you, but there are something you must know. If you do this the watch will not be invented, trapping you in what ever time you choose."

Josh pushes Eggman's hand away. "I don't care. Just tell me how to use this thing!" Josh barks. Eggman ignores him and continues.
"What ever changes you make will be permanent." Josh goes to press some buttons, but Eggman stops him. "Everything that happened after the unplugging of your game wouldn't happen." Josh lowers his wrist and begins thinking, but stops himself. He shakes his head.
"How do I work this thing?" He asks again a little more calmly.

Eggman nods his head. "Just swipe your finger across the screen, choose your time and enter through the worm hole. Just remember, wherever YOU were in that time is where you will be sent." Josh swipes his finger across the screen. The current time pops out of the watch in a hologram. Josh swipes his finger up and down in the hologram choosing the time.
"November first. Two-thousand and ten." Josh says. Eggman points to the enter button at the bottom of the hologram.

Josh presses the button. An electric blue vortex opens behind Josh. He turns around to face it. Air blows out of it, blowing Josh's hair back. Josh looks at Eggman. Eggman nods. Josh faces the vortex again. He takes in a deep breath and jumps into the blue vortex.

Path of the Warrior

Josh slowly looks around. "No place home." He says looking out the door of his tree house. A rock hits the outside of the tree house. Josh walks over and peeks his head out. Reginald waves at him. Josh smiles.
"Hello friend! Ready to go hunting?" Josh Jumps onto the ground next to Reginald and hugs him. "Such enthusiasm! Ready?" Reginald asks. Josh pull back and shakes his head.
"Sorry Reginald. I have to see Sarah." Josh says running into the forest. Reginald shrugs and heads in a different direction.

Josh stops in the middle of the flowery clearing. Looking around frantically. He's about to leave when he hears Sarah.
"Hey there Puddin." Josh turns to look at her. A little light shines through the trees, right in the middle of the clearing. Sarah steps into the light. She waves at him. Smiling she walks toward him. Josh slowly walks forward as well. He grabs her cheeks and turns her head side to side. "I thought you and Reggy were going hunting today." Josh ignores her as he cradles her head in his hands. "You look like you saw a ghost."

Josh smiles and wraps his arms around her. She returns the hug without question. "I missed you." He whispers. Sarah tilts her head.
"You just saw me yesterday." She says. Josh shakes his head.
"Yeah...It felt like an eternity." Sarah giggles.
"Well I missed you to. So why are you here? No hunting today?" Josh nods his head.
"Spend some time with you. Just like old times."

A/N Imagine everything that happened after the unplugging of Josh's game. Then make it disappear